Crime Statistics for Kempston, Bedfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Kempston in September 2024. There were a total of 446 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Kempston, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	121
Shoplifting	90
Anti Social Behaviour	71
Vehicle Crime	56
Criminal Damage Arson	30
Public Order	24
Burglary	20
Other Crime	8
Other Theft	8
Drugs	8
Bicycle Theft	4
Robbery	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	446

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Kempston. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Kempston

We've taken the ten nearest places to Kempston and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Kempston has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Bedford (1.39 miles)	658
Castle (1.81 miles)	591
Kempston	445
South End (0.62 miles)	326
Fenlake (1.86 miles)	236
Harrowden (1.96 miles)	74
Biddenham (1.39 miles)	62
Kempston Church End (1.39 miles)	43
Great Ouse (1.63 miles)	38
Box End (1.86 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Kempston?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Kempston and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Bedford	219
Castle	195
Kempston	121
South End	96
Fenlake	77
Harrowden	61
Kempston Church End	18
Biddenham	17
Great Ouse	10
Box End	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Kempston?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Kempston to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Kempston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Kempston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Kempston is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Castle	73
2	Cauldwell	69
3	Harpur	66
4	Queens Park	63
5	Kempston North	58
6	Kempston West	55
7	Kempston Central and East	52
8	Elstow and Stewartby	48
9	Kempston South	40
10	Kempston Rural	29
11	Bromham and Biddenham	18

Which road in Kempston has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Kempston with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.